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Are Ex-Con Brokers Too Risky? Scandal Fuels Proposal
The outcry over Florida's mortgage brokering scandal has fueled tough new talk about keeping felons out of the business, no matter what crime they committed. ...more
August 11, 2008
Scandal Spurs Push To Keep Felons Out Of Mortgage Business
The Outcry over Florida's mortgage brokering scandal has fueled tough new talk about keeping felons out of the business – no matter what crime they committed. ...more
August 1, 2008
Former Mortgage Executive Found Guilty In Fraud Scheme
The former vice president of one of the nation's largest subprime lenders was convicted Wednesday for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme that involved more than 100 loans in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk and Pinellas counties. ...more
July 31, 2008
Former Executive Found Guilty In $13 Million Fraud Case
TAMPA - The former vice president of one of the nation's largest subprime lenders was convicted Wednesday for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme that involved more than 100 loans in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk and Pinellas counties. ...more
July 30, 2008
Photo Archives, WUSF Share War Documentary Award
Plant City Photo Archives and television station WUSF, Channel 16, have won a 2008 Silver Telly Award for the documentary "Plant City Goes to War." ...more
July 30, 2008
State Financial Regulator Saxon Keeps Job, For Now
The state's chief mortgage regulator will keep his job for now while state investigators probe allegations that his office licensed thousands of convicted criminals to work as mortgage brokers. ...more
July 30, 2008
Cabinet OKs Cat Fund Deal With Berkshire Hathaway
Despite misgivings, members of the state Cabinet voted 2-1 to pay $224 million to financier Warren Buffett in exchange for his pledge to buy up to $4 billion worth of state bonds in the event of massive property damage this hurricane season. ...more
July 30, 2008
Aqua Utilities Florida Gets Interim Rate Boost
A year ago, Aqua Utilities Florida appeared before the Florida Public Service Commission with a request to raise rates for customers across the state, saying the move was needed to recoup an estimated $7.3 million in investments and upgrades. ...more
July 30, 2008
Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Vote Likely Today
It's unclear whether state officials will sign off today on the deal with financier Warren Buffett to shore up Florida's Hurricane Catastrophe Fund. ...more
July 29, 2008
State's Top Mortgage Regulator To Meet With Cabinet
Florida's top mortgage regulator will likely get at least a temporary reprieve today from calls for his ouster over revelations that his office licensed thousands of mortgage brokers with criminal backgrounds. ...more
July 29, 2008
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